1996 European Figure Skating Championships
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The 1996 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships
European Figure Skating Championships
The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...

 of the 1995-1996 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, men's singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, pair skating
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, and ice dancing
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

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In 1996, the European Championships were held in Sofia
Sofia
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...

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Men

Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS
1 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Viacheslav Zagorodniuk (born 11 August 1972 in Odessa, Ukraine (then USSR) is a former Ukrainian figure skater. He represented the USSR until its dissolution and then represented Ukraine. He is the 1994 World bronze medalist, 1996 European champion,...

 
1.5 1 1
2 Igor Pashkevich
Igor Pashkevich
Igor Pashkevich is a retired competitive Russian/Azerbajani figure skater. He won the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 1990 for the Soviet Union. He later represented Russia at the European Championships, where he placed second in 1996...

 
4.0 1 4 2
3 Ilia Kulik
Ilia Kulik
Ilia Alexandrovich Kulik is a Russian figure skater. He is the 1998 Olympic Champion, the 1995 European Champion, the 1997–1998 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 1995 World Junior champion.- Career :...

 
4.0 2 3
4 Steven Cousins
Steven Cousins
Steven Cousins is a British figure skater. He is the eight-time British national champion, the first Briton to land a triple axel in competition , and the youngest skater to win the British National Championships. He competed in eight World Figure Skating Championships and three Winter Olympics...

 
6.5 3 5
5 Philippe Candeloro
Philippe Candeloro
Philippe Candeloro is a French figure skater who medalled at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics.-Early years:Philippe Candeloro was born in Courbevoie, in France, the youngest of four children...

 
7.5 7 4
6 Alexei Yagudin
Alexei Yagudin
Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin is a former Russian figure skater. His major achievements in his six years of eligible sports career include:*2002 Olympic Champion*Four-time World Champion...

 
7.5 2 5 5
7 Dmitri Dmitrenko
Dmitri Dmitrenko
Dmitri Dmitrenko is a Ukrainian figure skater. While representing the Soviet Union, he won the 1992 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. He won the 1993 European title for Ukraine. Seven years later, he won his second medal there, the bronze. His coach was Galina Kukhar.He currently coaches...

 
10.0 6 7
8 Éric Millot
Eric Millot
Éric Millot is a French figure skater. He is the 1993 European bronze medalist and 1990-1993 French national champion. He represented France at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where he placed 15th, and at the 1994 Winter Olympics, where he placed 7th.-Competitive highlights:-References:* *...

 
12.5 9 8
9 Cornel Gheorghe
Cornel Gheorghe
Cornel Gheorghe is a Romanian retired competitive figure skater who now works as a coach. As a skater, he competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics, where he placed 14th, and at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 21st....

 
14.0 8 10
10 Szabolcs Vidrai
Szabolcs Vidrai
Szabolcs Vidrai is a Hungarian figure skater. His highest placement at the European Figure Skating Championships was 10th, in 1996, and his highest placement at the World Figure Skating Championships was 10th, in 1998. He placed 13th at the 1998 Olympics.He currently works as a coach. He coached...

 
15.0 4 12 9
11 Ivan Dinev
Ivan Dinev
Ivan Dinev is a Bulgarian figure skater. He is an 11-time Bulgarian national champion and competed at 14 European Championships. He is the first Bulgarian skater to medal at a Grand Prix event, which he did at Trophée Lalique in 1999. He is also the first Bulgarian skater to land a quadruple jump...

 
16.0 3 10 11
12 Evgeni Pliuta
Evgeni Pliuta
Evgeni Pliuta is a Ukrainian figure skater. He is the 1993 World Junior Champion.-Results:...

 
18.5 4 13 12
13 Patrick Meier
Patrick Meier
Patrick Meier is a Swiss figure skater. He is a multiple Swiss national champion.Meier began skating at the age of six. He represented Switzerland at the European Figure Skating Championships, the World Figure Skating Championships, and the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 22nd...

 
20.5 5 15 13
14 Markus Leminen
Markus Leminen
Markus Peter Leminen is a Finnish former figure skater who competed in men's singles. He was a six-time gold medalist at the Finnish Figure Skating Championships. He coaches at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario.-Results:-External links:* -Navigation:...

 
21.5 6 11 16
15 Fabrizio Garattoni
Fabrizio Garattoni
Fabrizio Garattoni is a former Italian figure skater and four-time national champion from 1993-96. He competed in several European and World Championships.-Results:-References:*...

 
23.0 7 18 14
16 Neil Wilson  23.5 3 17 15
17 Michael Tyllesen
Michael Tyllesen
Michael Tyllesen is a Danish figure skater. He represented Denmark at the 1994 Winter Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 13th and 9th, respectively...

 
25.0 2 16 17
18 Robert Grzegorczyk
Robert Grzegorczyk
Robert Grzegorczyk is a Polish figure skater. He is an eight-time Polish national champion.He started training at the age of seven, in Gdansk, at the age of 14 moved to Łódź. He retired from competitive skating following the 2000/2001 season. He has a degree as a sport teacher from the Academy of...

 
26.0 8 14 19
19 Patrick Schmit
Patrick Schmit
Patrick Schmit is a Luxembourgish retired competitive figure skater. He placed 29th at the 1998 Winter Olympics.-Results:-References:* -External links:*...

 
28.0 5 20 18
20 Florian Tuma
Florian Tuma
Florian Tuma is a former Austrian figure skater. He is a four-time Austrian national champion .-Results:-Navigation:...

 
29.5 7 19 20
21 Alexander Mourashko  32.0 6 24 21
22 Margus Hernits
Margus Hernits
Margus Hernits is an Estonian figure skater. He is a multiple Estonian national champion. He competed in the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Olympics, and was placed 20th and 27th respectively. He currently works as a Technical Specialist.-Results:-External links:...

 
33.5 8 23 22
23 Jordi Pedro  34.0 9 22 23
24 Jan Čejvan
Jan Cejvan
Jan Cejvan is a Slovenian figure skater. He is the 1993-2000 Slovenian national champion.He is an ISU Technical Specialist for Slovenia.-Results:-External links:...

 
34.5 10 21 24
WD Andrejs Vlascenko
Andrejs Vlascenko
Andrejs Vlascenko is a figure skater who competed in men's singles. Born in East Germany while his father was stationed there in the Soviet army, he returned to the Soviet Union as a child and grew up there....

 
1
Free Skate Not Reached
26 Róbert Kažimír
Róbert Kažimír
Róbert Kažimír is a Slovak figure skater. He is a four-time national champion. He competed for Slovakia at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 26th. His highest placement at an ISU championship was 10th at the 2001 European Figure Skating Championships...

 
9 26
27 Vakhtang Murvanidze
Vakhtang Murvanidze
Vakhtang Murvanidze |Georgia]]) is a Georgian figure skater. He is a multiple Georgian national champion and has represented Georgia at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he placed 17th, and the 2006 Winter Olympics, where he placed 28th. His highest placement at the European Figure Skating...

 
 Georgia (country) 12 27
28 Jaroslav Suchý  11 28
29 Luiz Taifas  10 29
30 Marcus Deen
Marcus Deen
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11 30
Did Not Qualify
31 Aramais Grigorian
Aramais Grigorian
Aramais Grigorian is an Armenian figure skater. He is the 2003-2004 Armenian national champion.-Competitive highlights:* QR = Qualifying round-References:...

 
12
32 Yeler Tekalioglu  13

Ladies

Rank Name Nation TFP QA QB SP FS
1 Irina Slutskaya  2.0 2 1
2 Surya Bonaly
Surya Bonaly
Surya Bonaly is a French professional figure skater. She is a three-time World Championship silver medalist, a five-time European Champion, the 1991 World Junior Champion and a nine-time French National Champion.-Career:...

 
2.5 1 2
3 Maria Butyrskaya
Maria Butyrskaya
Maria Viktorovna Butyrskaya is a Russian figure skater. She is the 1999 World champion, becoming the oldest woman to win that title and the first Russian woman to become a World champion. She is a three-time European champion and in 2002, at age 29, became the oldest woman to win that title. She...

 
5.0 4 3
4 Elena Liashenko
Elena Liashenko
Elena Liashenko is a Ukrainian figure skater. She is the 2004 European silver medalist and 1995 and 2005 bronze medalist. She is also 4-time Olympic team member of Ukraine.- Biography :...

 
6.5 5 4
5 Tanja Szewczenko
Tanja Szewczenko
Tanja Szewczenko is a German figure skater and actress. She is the 1994 World bronze medalist and 1998 European bronze medalist.-Biography:...

 
6.5 3 5
6 Krisztina Czakó
Krisztina Czakó
Krisztina Czakó is a former Hungarian figure skater, competing through most of the 1990s.-Career:...

 
11.0 8 7
7 Zuzanna Szwed
Zuzanna Szwed
Zuzanna Szwed is a Polish retired figure skater. She was the first woman from her country to compete in the Olympics, and she did it in the 1992 Winter Olympics and is a multiple Polish national champion....

 
11.5 1 7 8
8 Vanessa Gusmeroli
Vanessa Gusmeroli
Vanessa Gusmeroli is a retired French figure skater and waterskier. She was a three-time French National Figure Skating Champion and won the bronze medal at the 1997 World Figure Skating Championships.-Biography:Vanessa Gusmeroli began skating at age seven, and competed in both skating and water...

 
13.0 1 6 10
9 Yulia Vorobieva  13.5 3 9 9
10 Mila Kajas
Mila Kajas
Mila Johanna Kajas is a Finnish figure skater. She placed 12th at the 1994 Winter Olympics. She won the silver medal at the 1993 Trophee Lalique.-Results:-References:*...

 
14.0 2 16 6
11 Olga Markova
Olga Markova (figure skater)
Olga Dmitriyevna Markova is a Russian former competitive figure skater who currently works as a coach, choreographer, and technical specialist. As a competitive skater, she won the bronze medal at the 1994 European Figure Skating Championships and the silver at the 1995 European Championships...

 
16.5 11 11
12 Anna Rechnio
Anna Rechnio
Anna Rechnio is a retired Polish figure skater. She is a three-time Polish national champion and competed at two Olympic Games.-Biography:Rechnio was born in Warsaw. She began skating in 1982....

 
19.0 14 12
13 Lenka Kulovaná
Lenka Kulovaná
Lenka Kulovaná is a Czech retired competitive figure skater. She is a multiple Czech national champion. She placed 11th at the 1992 Winter Olympics , 13th at the 1994 Winter Olympics, and 18th at the 1998 Winter Olympics. She retired following the 1998 World Figure Skating...

 
19.0 3 12 13
14 Kateřina Beránková
Katerina Beránková
Katerina Berankova was an Czech figure skater. Initially, she competed in ladies singles, finishing 10th at the 1995 European Figure Skating Championships. She switched to pair skating in 1997 and competed with Otto Dlabola, with whom she finished 8th at the 2002 Winter...

 
20.5 13 14
15 Mojca Kopač
Mojca Kopac
Mojca Kopač is a Slovenian figure skater. She won the gold medal at the Slovenian Figure Skating Championships nine times between 1991 and 2004. She represented Slovenia at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where she placed 25th, at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where she placed 23rd, and at the 2002 Winter...

 
24.5 6 17 16
16 Astrid Hochstetter  24.5 5 15 17
17 Véronique Fleury
Véronique Fleury
Véronique Fleury is a former French figure skater. She was the 1996 silver medalist at the French Figure Skating Championships. She finished 17th at the 1996 European Championships and 31st at the World Championships.-Results:-References:...

 
27.0 4 24 15
18 Yulia Lavrenchuk
Yulia Lavrenchuk
Yulia Lavrenchuk is a Ukrainian retired competitive figure skater. She is the 1997 European bronze medalist and 1995 & 1997 Ukrainian national champion. Her highest placement at the World Figure Skating Championships was 9th, in 1997 and 1999...

 
27.0 2 10 22
19 Diána Póth
Diana Poth
Diana Poth is a Hungarian figure skater who has also competed for Austria. She has an Austrian mother....

 
28.0 5 20 18
20 Silvia Fontana
Silvia Fontana
Silvia Fontana is a figure skater who represented Italy at the two Olympics. She was born on Staten Island, New York, raised in Rome, and trained during her career in Hackensack, New Jersey.-Career:...

 
30.0 4 22 19
21 Denise Jaschek  30.5 8 21 20
22 Alma Lepina  32.0 10 18 23
23 Lucinda Ruh
Lucinda Ruh
Lucinda Martha Ruh is a two-time Swiss national figure skating champion known for her extreme flexibility and outstanding spinning ability. On April 3, 2003, she set a world record for the most continuous spins on one foot at Chelsea Piers Sky Rink in New York City, United States...

 
32.5 7 23 21
24 Ludmila Ivanova  34.5 8 19 25
25 Sofia Penkova  38.0 9 28 24
Free Skate Not Reached
26 Christelle Damman  7 25
27 Stephanie Main  6 26
28 Ivana Jakupcevic  9 27
29 Klara Bramfeldt
Klara Bramfeldt
Klara Bramfeldt is a Swedish figure skater. She is the 1999-2001 Swedish national champion. She was a multiple competitor at the European Figure Skating Championships and the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. She placed 33rd at her only appearance at the World Figure Skating...

 
10 28
30 Kaja Hanevold
Kaja Hanevold
Kaja Hanevold is a Norwegian retired competitive figure skater who skates professionally. She is a multiple Norwegian national champion and competed many times at the World Figure Skating Championships, the European Figure Skating Championships, and the World Junior Figure Skating Championships...

 
11 29
Did Not Qualify
31 Zuzanna Paurova  11
32 Ece Aksuyek  12
32 Ekaterina Golovatenko  12
34 Marta Senra  13
34 Georgina de Wit  13
36 Roxana Luca
Roxana Luca
Roxana Luca is a Romanian figure skater. She is a multiple Romanian national champion. She competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2006 Winter Olympics.-Post-2002:* Q = Qualifying Round; WD = Withdrew...

 
14
37 Ellen Ambartsoumain  14

Pairs

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Oksana Kazakova
Oksana Kazakova
Oksana Borisovna Kazakova is a retired Russian pair skater. With partner Artur Dmitriev, she is the 1998 Olympic champion and 1996 European Champion.-Biography:Kazakova began skating at age 4....

 / Artur Dmitriev
Artur Dmitriev
Artur Valeryevich Dmitriev is a Ukrainian-born Russian pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia. He is a two-time Olympic Champion with Natalia Mishkutenok and Oksana Kazakova in 1992 and 1998 respectively, and also won Olympic silver in 1994...

 
2.0 2 1
2 Mandy Wötzel
Mandy Wötzel
Mandy Wötzel is a German pair skater who represented East Germany and later Germany in international competition. With partner Ingo Steuer, she is the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist.- Biography :...

 / Ingo Steuer
Ingo Steuer
Ingo Steuer is a German pair skater and skating coach.With partner Mandy Wötzel, he was the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist the 1997 World champion, the 1995 European champion, and a four-time German national champion...

 
2.5 1 2
3 Sarah Abitbol
Sarah Abitbol
Sarah Abitbol is a French pair skater. Abitbol started skating when she was six, when she had a choice of swimming or ice skating for physical education. She won the bronze medal in pairs at the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships with partner Stéphane Bernadis. She missed six months for the...

 / Stéphane Bernadis
Stephane Bernadis
Stéphane Bernadis is a French pair skater. He won the bronze medal in pairs at the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships with partner Sarah Abitbol.-Results:...

 
5.5 5 3
4 Marina Eltsova
Marina Eltsova
Marina Alexeevna Eltsova is a Russian pair skater. She represented the Soviet Union until its fall, and, after that, Russia. With partner Andrei Bushkov, she won the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1993 and 1997 European Figure Skating Championships...

 / Andrei Bushkov
Andrei Bushkov
Andrei Vasilievich Bushkov is a Russian pair skater. He represented the Soviet Union until its fall, and, after that, Russia. With partner Marina Eltsova, he won the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1993 and 1997 European Figure Skating Championships...

 
5.5 3 4
5 Maria Petrova
Maria Petrova (figure skater)
Maria Igorevna Petrova is a Russian pair skater. With partner Alexei Tikhonov, she is the 2000 World Champion and the 1999 & 2000 European Champion.- Career :...

 / Anton Sikharulidze
Anton Sikharulidze
Anton Tarielyevich Sikharulidze is a Russian pair skater. With Elena Berezhnaya, he is the 1998 and 1999 World champion, 1998 Olympic silver medalist and 2002 Olympic champion....

 
7.0 4 5
6 Dorota Zagórska
Dorota Zagórska
Dorota Siudek is a retired Polish pair skater who is now a coach. Her partner and husband is Mariusz Siudek. They are the 1999 World bronze medalists, two-time European silver medalists and two-time European bronze medalists...

 / Mariusz Siudek
Mariusz Siudek
Mariusz Siudek is a retired Polish pairs skater who competed with wife Dorota Siudek. They are the 1999 World bronze medalists, two-time European silver medalists and two-time European bronze medalists...

 
9.0 6 6
7 Elena Belousovskaya / Stanislav Morozov
Stanislav Morozov
Stanislav Oleksandrovych Morozov is a retired Ukrainian pair skater who now works as a coach. With partner Tatiana Volosozhar, he was a four-time Ukrainian national champion...

 
10.5 7 7
8 Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex
Rico Rex
Rico Rex is a former German pair skater. With former partner Eva-Maria Fitze, he was the 2003 German national champion.-Biography:...

 
12.0 8 8
9 Line Haddad
Line Haddad
Line Haddad is a French pair skater who has also competed for Israel. She competed for France with Sylvain Privé and with him won the French Figure Skating Championships in 1992 at the age of 13. They placed at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where Haddad was the youngest athlete at those Games...

 / Sylvain Privé 
13.5 9 9
10 Lesley Rogers / Michael Aldred  15.5 11 10
11 Evgenia Filonenko
Evgenia Filonenko
Evgenia Filonenko is a retired Ukrainian pair skater. She competed with Igor Marchenko and Aleksandr Chestnikh. With Marchenko, she placed 11th at the 1998 Winter Olympics. They won two medals at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, a silver in 1996 and a bronze in 1995...

 / Igor Marchenko 
16.0 10 11
12 Elaine Asanakis / Joel McKeever  18.5 13 12
13 Veronika Joukalova / Otto Dlabola
Otto Dlabola
Otto Dlabola is a retired Czech pair skater. Initially, he skated with Veronika Joukalova, and in 1997, he teamed up with Kateřina Beránková, with whom she finished 8th at the 2002 Winter Olympics-Results:...

 
19.0 12 13
14 Magdalena Sroczyńska
Magdalena Sroczynska
Magdalena Sroczyńska is a Polish pair skater who competed with Sławomir Borowiecki. The couple skated in the mid-1990s and placed 14th at the 1996 Europeans.-Competitive highlights:*1996 : European Championships - 14th,...

 / Sławomir Borowiecki 
21.0 14 14
15 Jeltje Schulten / Alcuin Schulten
Alcuin Schulten
-Results:-Navigation:...

 
23.0 16 15
16 Olga Bogouslavska / Juri Salmonov  23.5 15 16
17 Ekaterina Nekrassova
Ekaterina Nekrassova
Ekaterina Nekrassova is an Estonian retired pair skater. With partner Valdis Mintals, she is a multiple Estonian national champion. They competed many times at the World Figure Skating Championships, the European Figure Skating Championships, and the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. That...

 / Valdis Mintals
Valdis Mintals
Valdis Mintals is an Estonian figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating....

 
25.5 17 17

Ice Dancing

Rank Name Nation TFP CD1 CD2 OD FD
1 Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov  2.0 1 1 1 1
2 Anjelika Krylova
Anjelika Krylova
Anjelika Alexeevna Krylova is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion. She currently works as a coach and choreographer in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan....

 / Oleg Ovsyannikov
Oleg Ovsyannikov
Oleg Vladimirovich Ovsyannikov is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Anjelika Krylova, he is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion.- Career :...

 
4.0 2 2 2 2
3 Irina Romanova
Irina Romanova (figure skater)
Irina Romanova is a Ukrainian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union before its fall and Ukraine after it. She competed with Igor Yaroshenko. They are the 1996 European bronze medalists. They placed seventh at the 1994 Winter Olympics and ninth at the 1998 Winter Olympics...

 / Igor Yaroshenko
Igor Yaroshenko
Igor Yaroshenko is a Ukrainian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union before its fall and Ukraine after it. He competed with Irina Romanova. They are the 1996 European bronze medalists. They placed seventh at the 1994 Winter Olympics and ninth at the 1998 Winter Olympics...

 
6.4 4 4 3 3
4 Marina Anissina
Marina Anissina
Marina Vyacheslavovna Anissina is a French-Russian ice dancer. With partner Gwendal Peizerat, she is the 2002 Olympic champion.- Career :...

 / Gwendal Peizerat
Gwendal Peizerat
Gwendal Peizerat is a French ice dancer. With Marina Anissina, he is the 2002 Olympic champion, the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist, the 2000 World Champion, and a six-time French National Champion.-Biography:...

 
7.6 3 3 4 4
5 Irina Lobacheva
Irina Lobacheva
Irina Viktorovna Lobacheva is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Ilia Averbukh, she is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist, the 2002 World Champion and the 2003 European Champion.- Career :...

 / Ilia Averbukh
Ilia Averbukh
Ilia Iziaslavovich Averbukh is a Russian ice dancer. With Marina Anissina, he is the 1990 & 1992 World Junior champions. With former wife Irina Lobacheva, he is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist, the 2002 World Champion and the 2003 European Champion.- Career :Averbukh started skating because of...

 
10.0 5 5 5 5
6 Margarita Drobiazko
Margarita Drobiazko
Margarita Aleksandrovna Drobiazko is a Lithuanian ice dancer. She began competing for Lithuania in 1992 when she teamed up with Povilas Vanagas, whom she married in June 2000...

 / Povilas Vanagas
Povilas Vanagas
Povilas Vanagas is a Lithuanian ice dancer. He competed with wife Margarita Drobiazko, whom he married in June 2000. They are the 2000 World bronze medalists, three-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalists, two-time European bronze medalists , 1999 Skate Canada champions and competed in five Winter...

 
12.0 6 6 6 6
7 Kateřina Mrázová
Katerina Mrázová
Kateřina Mrázová is a Czech retired competitive ice dancer. With partner Martin Šimeček, she is a multiple Czech national champion. They placed 10th at the 1992 Winter Olympics , 8th at the 1994 Winter Olympics, and 13th at the 1998 Winter Olympics...

 / Martin Šimeček
Martin Šimecek
Martin Šimeček is a Czech retired competitive ice dancer. With partner Kateřina Mrázová, he is a multiple Czech national champion. They placed 10th at the 1992 Winter Olympics , 8th at the 1994 Winter Olympics, and 13th at the 1998 Winter Olympics...

 
14.6 7 10 7 7
8 Barbara Fusar-Poli
Barbara Fusar-Poli
Barbara Fusar-Poli is an Italian ice dancer. With partner Maurizio Margaglio, she is the 2001 World champion, 2001 European champion, and 2002 Olympic bronze medalist. They won eight Italian titles and competed at three Olympics.-Career:Early in her career, Fusar-Poli competed with Matteo Bonfa...

 / Maurizio Margaglio
Maurizio Margaglio
Maurizio Margaglio is an Italian ice dancer. With partner Barbara Fusar-Poli, he is the 2001 World champion, 2001 European champion, and 2002 Olympic bronze medalist. They won eight Italian titles and competed at three Olympics.- Competitive career :Early in his career, Margaglio competed with...

 
16.0 9 7 8 8
9 Kati Winkler
Kati Winkler
Kati Winkler Kati Winkler Kati Winkler (born January 16, 1974 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) is a German ice dancer. With partner René Lohse, she is the 2004 World bronze medalist.- Biography :...

 / René Lohse
René Lohse
René Lohse is a German ice dancer. With partner Kati Winkler, he is the 2004 World bronze medalist.- Biography :...

 
18.2 8 8 10 9
9 Sylwia Nowak
Sylwia Nowak
Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka is a Polish ice dancer. With partner Sebastian Kolasiński, she is a multiple Polish national champion. They competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics...

 / Sebastian Kolasiński
Sebastian Kolasinski
Sebastian Kolasiński is a Polish ice dancer. With partner Sylwia Nowak, he is a multiple Polish national champion. They competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics and 2002 Winter Olympics...

 
18.2 10 9 9 9
11 Marika Humphreys
Marika Humphreys
Marika Humphreys-Baranova is a British ice dancer. Aged 15 with her first partner, Justin Lanning, she was the youngest skater ever to win the gold medal at the British Ice Figure and Dance Championships in 1992 . She then teamed up with Philip Askew to win the British title in 1995 and 1996...

 / Phillip Askew 
22.0 11 11 11 11
12 Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton  24.2 12 13 12 12
13 Elena Grushina
Elena Grushina
Elena Eduardovna Grushina is a Ukrainian ice dancer. With partner Ruslan Goncharov, she is the 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, 2005 World bronze medalist, and two-time European silver medalist.- Career :...

 / Ruslan Goncharov
Ruslan Goncharov
Ruslan Nikolaevich Goncharov is a Ukrainian ice dancer. With partner Elena Grushina, he is the 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, 2005 World bronze medalist, and two-time European silver medalist.- Career :...

 
25.8 13 12 13 13
14 Agnes Jacquemard / Alexis Gayet  28.2 15 14 14 14
15 Sarka Vondrkova / Luka Kral  31.8 14 15 15 17
16 Cornelia Diener / Alexei Pospelov  33.0 16 16 16 17
17 Francesca Fermi / Andrea Baldi  33.2 18 17 17 16
18 Enikő Berkes
Eniko Berkes
Enikő Berkes is a Hungarian ice dancer. With partner Szilárd Tóth, she placed 20th at the 1994 Winter Olympics and 23rd at the 1995 European Figure Skating Championships....

 / Endre Szentirmai 
35.8 17 18 18 18
19 Barbara Hanley / Vasily Serkov  38.8 19 20 20 19
20 Anna Mosenkova
Anna Mosenkova
Anna Mosenkova is an Estonian ice dancer. With partner Sergei Sychyov, she is the 2000-2002 Estonian national champion and competed at the World Figure Skating Championships and European Figure Skating Championships, with a highest placement of 21st at the 2000 European Figure Skating...

 / Dmitri Kurakin
Dmitri Kurakin
Dmitri Kurakin is an Estonian ice dancer who also competed internationally for Germany. He originally competed with Anna Mosenkova for Estonia...

 
41.2 22 22 19 21
21 Kaho Koinuma / Tigran Arakelian  42.2 21 21 23 20
22 Katri Kuusniemi / Jamie Walker  42.4 20 19 21 22
23 Maikki Outila / Toni Mattila  46.4 23 23 22 24
24 Zuzana Babusikova / Marian Mesaros 47.4 24 24 23 24
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